On the blog today, let's revisit a post from 2016, that of my "missing in action" card for former outfielder Jim Lyttle:
This would be a “missing” 1977 card for a guy who was never a full-time player, but
still put together an eight-year career between 1969-1976.
Lyttle capped off his career with a final year in 1976 split between the
Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers, where he hit a combined .248
with 38 hits over 153 at-bats in 65 games.
Originally up with the Yanks, he’d play in the Bronx until 1972 when he put in a lone season for the Chicago White Sox before moving on to the Expos where he would play until his move to L.A.
All told Lyttle batted .248 for his career with 176 hits in 710 at-bats over 391 games, with his 1970 season being his best when he hit .310 for the Yanks over 87 games played.
Originally up with the Yanks, he’d play in the Bronx until 1972 when he put in a lone season for the Chicago White Sox before moving on to the Expos where he would play until his move to L.A.
All told Lyttle batted .248 for his career with 176 hits in 710 at-bats over 391 games, with his 1970 season being his best when he hit .310 for the Yanks over 87 games played.
Looking further into his career I saw that he played seven seasons
in Japan after his Major League career, putting up some solid numbers
for Hiroshima.
In both 1978 and 1981 he hit 33 homers and drove in 100+ runs, and
closed out his Japanese career with 166 taters with 529 R.B.I.'s. after
retiring for good in 1983.
